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A photographer and cameraman of the Army Film and Photographic Unit, Sergeant W A Greenhalgh, uses a daylight changing bag to load his camera during Exercise FABIUS, a training exercise for the D Day landings in Hampshire, England. The photograph clearly shows how the AFPU were equipped for the landings. With only a few minutes worth of film to use before they had to re-load, cameramen had to learn to be careful about what they chose to film.

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Sergeant W A Greenhalgh of the Army Film and Photographic Unit loading his camera during a D-Day training exercise in Hampshire, 6 May 1944.

Over two million American servicemen passed through Britain during the Second World War. In 1944, at the height of activity, up to half a million were based there with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Their job was to man and maintain the vast fleets of aircraft needed to attack German cities and industry.